PERU-ARCHAEOLOGY

Aerial view showing workers excavating in the Huaca (Sanctuary) Pucllana, in the heart of a residential area in the district of Miraflores in Lima, where they uncovered a mummy belonging to the pre-Inca Ychsma culture buried in a shallow funeral chamber on an ancient sanctuary originally built by the Lima etnia on September 5, 2023. The Ychsma formed around 1100 AD following the breakup of the War Empire, whose autonomy lasted until around 1450, when they were absorbed into the Incan Empire that lived in what is now considered the central Peru coastline. (Photo by Cris BOURONCLE / AFP) (Photo by CRIS BOURONCLE/AFP via Getty Images)